(press release from the Ottawa Paramedic Service)
Paramedics responded to a call single car rollover that occurred at the intersection of Upper Dwyer Hill and McArton roads (just north of Highway 7). The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 7:15 hrs today, Oct 11th 2015.
Paramedics treated an 18 year old male with facial /head and chest injuries after being extricated from the car by Ottawa Fire Services and was transported in serious but stable condition by helicopter to the hospital by our Ornge partners.
Paramedic also treated and transported another young male (age undetermined), unresponsive with a head injury and is considered to be in life threatening condition.
Ottawa Police Service is investigating the incident.
Flipped car sends 2 to hospital with critical injuries near Stittsville http://t.co/4elnSY4jcK #ottnews pic.twitter.com/Byhgrnx5yd
— Ottawa Sun (@ottawasuncom) October 11, 2015
Update on collision near Stittsville this morning: the men are 29 and 24. Paramedics initially reported one of the men is 18.
— Meghan O'Brien (@meghan_hurley) October 11, 2015
Police have determined that the crash happened a few hours before they were discovered by a passerby around 7:15 a.m.
— Meghan O'Brien (@meghan_hurley) October 11, 2015
Vehicle veered off McArton, went into a bush trail where it hit a dirt pile, flipped at least once. Speed is a factor, police say
— Meghan O'Brien (@meghan_hurley) October 11, 2015
City of Ottawa and Police investigators now on scene after early morning crash on Upper Dwyer Hill Rd @ctvOttawa pic.twitter.com/k7LaeXTBJq
— Annie Bergeron-Oliver (@AnnieClaireBO) October 11, 2015
The vehicle was spotted several metres off the road by passerby. Unknown how long it had been there. #ottnews
— Marc Messier (@MessierOnFire) October 11, 2015
#firefighters had to remove doors and roof of vehicle to free trapped patients. #ottnews
— Marc Messier (@MessierOnFire) October 11, 2015
1 male was transported by air ambulance and second by ambulance to hospital. @Ornge #ottnews
— Marc Messier (@MessierOnFire) October 11, 2015
#Firefighters extricate 2 males trapped in a vehicle after early morning single vehicle crash on Dwyer Hill Rd. #ottnews
— Marc Messier (@MessierOnFire) October 11, 2015